We’ll be hearing even more about Pharrell as the Oscars approach—he’s up for best song for Despicable Me 2′s “Happy”—but Fast Company has one of the best profiles out on the multi-hyphenate man. Not only is he self-deprecating, he’s a philanthropist–fashion designer–tech entrepreneur. Can we all work for Pharrell?

“Television’s golden age is also a gilded cage, an always-on ecosystem of immense riches that leaves me feeling less like the master of my own universe, and more as if I am surrounded.” — David Carr, “Barely Keeping Up in TV’s New Golden Age,” The New York Times